Eco-friendly homes
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Energy Saving Week 2011
It’s Energy Saving Week this week and today (Thursday 27/10) is ‘energy efficiency in the home day’. The Energy Saving Trust website gives lots of advice to homeowners about roof and wall insulation but unfortunately not enough, in the Superheroes’ opinion, about… Read more »
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The forgotten benefit of Triple Glazing?
When talking about triple glazed windows and doors, a lot is (quite rightly) said about the energy saved as a result of having triple glazing and the consequent financial and carbon savings. However, a much lesser discussed topic is the additional comfort that triple… Read more »
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331 homes to have Triple Glazing thanks to Warmseal
Always keen to hear industry news about triple glazing, Solar Lola stumbled across the following story and couldn’t resist sharing it!
“Warmseal Delivers Windows For New Council Homes With 0.8 U-Value Sheerframe Windows”
Here’s a brief synopsis of the story:… Read more »
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First-Class Eco-friendly Student Village
The University of Bradford certainly deserves First Class eco-honours for investing £40m in an environmentally friendly student village which will house over 1,000 people. It is one of only a handful of buildings on Planet Earth that is categorised as having an ‘outstanding… Read more »
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Oxford Eco-Renovation Research Project
“Now that is the work of a superhero!,” exclaimed Weatherman when he heard about the eco-renovation project which is taking place over 2 years in Jericho, Oxford.
87 homes are taking part in a Government project that is testing how household… Read more »
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Passivhaus Windows – what Mr Passivhaus thinks…
The following video interview with Dr Wolfgang Feist, Director of the Passivhaus Concept discusses the differences between the UK and German climate, and how double or triple glazing applies to the UK.
The main conclusion is that for… Read more »
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You Ought To Know About: Embodied C02
Those who follow the Triple Glazing Superheroes and support their cause will hear them referring to the embodied carbon footprint of triple glazed windows and doors. Here, Flash Carbon explains the concept of embodied carbon so that you can make… Read more »
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You don’t have to compromise on design when opting for an eco-friendly home!
The Independent suggested recently (29/07/2011) that the shift towards environmentally friendly homes is gaining momentum. One of the main reasons for this seems to be that homebuyers are realising that being ‘green’ does not involve compromise or premium prices. Here’s an… Read more »